Milestone in Radio History
Milestone in Radio History is a memorial in Charles County, Maryland. Milestone in Radio History is situated nearby to the fire station Cobb Island Volunteer Fire Company, as well as near Cobb Island Post Office.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cobb Island and Rock Point.
Cobb Island
Photo: Konniemac, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cobb Island is a small island and neighborhood at the end of the Cobb Neck in Southern Maryland. It is small, less than 1 sq mi and has a population of about 900 people.
Rock Point
Village
Rock Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
Avenue
Hamlet
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Avenue is an unincorporated community in what is familiarly called the "Seventh District" of St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. Avenue is situated 4½ miles east of Milestone in Radio History.
Milestone in Radio History
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Here, on Cobb Island, in December, 1900, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, assisted by Frank W. Very, while experimenting in wireless telephony, for the first time sent and received intelligible speech by electromagnetic waves between two masts 50 feet high and”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Charles County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.26079° or 38° 15′ 39″ northLongitude
-76.85136° or 76° 51′ 5″ westOperator
Maryland Historical SocietyOpen location code
87C5746X+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 6268989253OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cobb Island Volunteer Fire Company and Cobb Island Post Office.
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